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Rare Bourbon Under $500
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Top 5 Best Bourbon in 2026 Under $500
Below, we take you through our top choices for the best Bourbon.
Made by Bourbon lovers for Bourbon lovers. In the winter of 1881, Albert Bacon Blanton was born into one of the first families of Bourbon. At the age of sixteen, he started work in the Distillery as an office boy and fast became a leading pioneer in the development of...
View more about Blanton's Straight From the Barrel Bourbon Whiskey (700mL) >>Appearance / Color
Deep Maple
Nose / Aroma / Smell
Powerful with vanilla, chocolate fudge, and pipe tobacco
Flavor / Taste / Palate
Creamy with brown butter and clove — opening up with water to citrus and honey notes.
Finish
Long and dreamy with peaches and cream
Imagine a deeper and richer version of the Blanton’s Single Barrel and add on a dash of exclusivity and panache. In the winter of 1881, Albert Bacon Blanton was born into one of the first families of Bourbon. At the age of sixteen, he started work in the distillery as an office...
View more about Blanton's Single Barrel Red Takara Japanese Edition >>Appearance / Color
Warm Maple
Nose / Aroma / Smell
The aroma is deep and powerful with vanilla, chocolate fudge, and cherry pipe tobacco.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
The palate is a deeper and richer version of the core Blanton’s with creamy notes of brown butter and clove that open up to marmalade, toffee, and wild honey.
Finish
The finish is long with peaches and cream.
A rich and sweet Wheated Bourbon at an exceptional value with specs to die for. The name "Weller" has been around the horn a few times. It all started with the Stitzel-Weller Distilling Company — founded in 1935 and closed in 1972 during the famous "Whiskey...
View more about W.L. Weller 12 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey >>Appearance / Color
Warm Amber
Nose / Aroma / Smell
The aromas are remarkable and rich delivering notes of cinnamon, vanilla, caramel/ butterscotch, and wood.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
The flavors come in distinct waves in notes of spice cake, leather, mint, vanilla, and exotic fruits.
Finish
When sipped neat, the finish is long and downright elegant with a nice warmth of heavy oak and sweetness.
Weller Full Proof Wheated Bourbon
A flavor rockstar… a Bourbon bomb… a perfect dram. The name "Weller" has been around the horn a few times. It all started with the Stitzel-Weller Distilling Company — founded in 1935 and closed in 1972 during the famous "Whiskey Recession." The had a bunch of great brands when they...
View more about Weller Full Proof Wheated Bourbon >>Appearance / Color
Warm Amber
Nose / Aroma / Smell
The aromas are powerful and complex — you get everything from stone fruits to leather and baking spices with plenty of oak.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
If you can take it neat — and many men cannot — the mouth waters with intense notes of english toffee and apricot with a rich mouth feel. With ice, the flavors open up in delectable waves of pecan praline and dark chocolate.
Finish
The finish is long and lingering — making a full glass a seamless and continual experience from first sip to the last.
A boldly balanced homage to a badass grandmother and her legacy. Louisville, Kentucky. While this is the city where the story of Jefferson's began, it is certainly not where it ended up. In 1997, Trey and Chet Zoeller — a father and a son — joined their vision and swore...
View more about Jefferson's Marian McLain Blended Bourbon Whiskey >>Appearance / Color
Dark gold.
Nose / Aroma / Smell
Cinnamon, honey, and oak.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
A balanced medley of brown sugar, bananas, mango, espresso, orange zest, and dried fruits.
Finish
Long and rich, with a hint of spicy molasses.
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